The article this summary is about was last accessed on 15/09/2015- https://uk.news.yahoo.com/katie-hopkins--stephanie-mcgovern-and-northerners-sound-stupid-131026114.html#rfyMkQ3
In this article Katie Hopkins is slating the way Northerners, Liverpudlians and Geordies speak claiming that their accents make them sound stupid. She went on to say " Personally I can't stand a Brummie accent."
She highlighted the fact that the BBC are desperate to get a variety of different regional accents on their show to show that they believe in diversity. She then criticised the BBC choice in TV presenters as she says their accents are hard to understand and that viewer wouldn't want to watch the programs with presenters with accents as they would have to spend their time deciphering what they are saying.
The Devon born Lady went on the say that she believes that the London accent to be the 'clearest', she said "London is a first class city, surrounded by a second class Country.
I think that she is wrong to assume that everyone who has a strong accent is hard to understand, and to generalise her opinions to everybody else watching the presenter. What if you come from the same region as the person presenting the program? I'm sure they would have no problem in understanding them. Her opinions are very strong and judgement and a lot of the time are incorrect and many people cant relate to them. Accents help give people their identity, when you watch TV and you hear someone with the same accent as you immediately engages you to keep watching the program just so you can hear the way they talk as you can relate to it.
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